Institute Spotlights
The Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning is currently engaged in several strategic cross-collaboration initiatives designed to strengthen and enhance the student and faculty experience.
Welcome Back!
As we begin the fall semester, we are excited to share some of the work underway at the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning —and, more importantly, to invite you to be part of it.
Campus LX Initiative
Campus LX is Boston University’s university-wide initiative to strengthen the learning environment that supports teaching and learning across our campuses.
Teaching & Learning with AI
AI is transforming teaching and learning, and the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning helps faculty thoughtfully and responsibly adapt courses, pedagogy, and assessment to prepare students for an AI-enabled world.
Inclusive Pedagogy, Belonging & Wellbeing
The Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning helps faculty create inclusive, engaging learning environments that foster belonging, wellbeing, academic challenge, and student success.
Learning & Course Design Collaborative
The Learning & Course Design Collaborative brings together faculty, academic leaders, and teaching and learning experts to support the ongoing renewal and redesign of courses and curricula at Boston University.
Horizon Learning Lab
The Horizon Learning Lab is a new university-wide initiative led by the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning to explore how emerging technologies, tools, and new learning models can strengthen teaching and learning at Boston University.
Shipley Academic Innovation Fund
The Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning proudly announces the recipients of the Fall 2026 Shipley Academic Innovation Fund Award, recognizing faculty-led initiatives that focus on advancing innovation in health education through interdisciplinary collaboration and convergent approaches to complex health and healthcare challenges.
Faculty Voices
In conversation with the Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning – a series of thought-provoking exchanges designed to introduce new approaches to teaching that engage students and boost learning outcomes.
Click to read our most recent faculty Q&A with with Karen Jacobs, Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy in BU’s Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Programs & Services
News & Announcements
The latest news and announcements on teaching and learning from the Institute.
Boston University Receives Blackboard 2026 Catalyst Leading Change Award for Advancing Teaching and Learning Innovation
Boston University has been recognized with Blackboard’s 2026 Catalyst Leading Change Award, an international honor recognizing institutions that demonstrate leadership in advancing teaching and learning through transformational change.
Giving Poetry a Voice
In this post in Arts & Sciences Magazine, Mike De Socio highlights a new undergraduate course in the College of Arts & Sciences' English department, “The Voice of Poetry," and highlights the collaboration with the Institute's David Charpentier, Senior Instructional Multimedia Producer, who helped bring student work to life on camera.
How a Startup Mindset Inspires Innovation in Higher Education
In this conversation with Higher Education Digest, Vice President and Associate Provost of the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and BU Virtual Wendy Colby shares her perspectives on the evolving landscape of higher education and the leadership principles that drive her work.
BU Transitions to Blackboard Ultra
The Daily Free Press reports on BU's transition from Blackboard Original to the latest platform, Blackboard Ultra, and how the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning is working to support faculty along the way.
BU Establishes New AI at BU Course
The Daily Free Press explores BU’s new AI at BU certificate course, designed to help every student to feel confident and informed in using AI technology responsibly and effectively.
Academic Innovation Q&A
In this Inside Higher Ed article, Vice President and Associate Provost of the Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and BU Virtual Wendy Colby discusses the role of academic innovation centers for teaching and learning (CTLs) within the university ecosystem.
